Scam
ads still appear on Google and Facebook,
although an important number of victims reported them. According to
Which?, the consumer watchdog in the United Kingdom, the platforms
failed to remove them.
A third of the scam ads are still online
Both giants said…
Anyone would like to disable ads when they become annoying! Most of the time they cover the interesting content or they just pop-up over a page. And we wonder why we should take these. Content producers say that they could not survive without these ads.
Still…
Both
Chrome and Mozilla will bring more privacy for their users. Chrome
v.90, which arrives in April, will lead users to a secure HTTPS
connection, by default. Also, Mozilla announced Firefox 87, with a
new intelligent tracker blocking mechanism.
A natural shift to…
Google
would face a lawsuit for collecting private data even in Incognito
mode, according to Bloomberg.
Private data collected in “Incognito” mode
A
judge in California decided that Google should face a lawsuit. The
decision comes after three users filed a…
The online tracking system might become history after Google’s game changing move. The company announced that it would not use tracking technologies anymore. These helped the the giant follow users with its ads and make billions of dollars.
Does online tracking…
Users in Australia could not read or share news on the platform, Facebook announced. The company announced that this is a reaction to the new Media Bargain law.
Facebook bets on the cost for users
According to a blog post, it “will restrict publishers and…
According to the Threat Analysys Group for Q1, Google took out almost 3000 YouTube channels and accounts. The decision came as YouTube considered that those were linked to influence operations from China and Russia.
YouTube channels, used for political influence…
Although
it hurried to launch News Showcase in Australia, Google lost its
battle to completely avoid the news media code. Thus, the Sydney
Morning Herald and the Aged refused to negotiate until the code comes
into effect. Still, it managed to reach a deal with seven…
Bing could be the new search engine that Aussies will use if Google leaves the country, as it threatened. Microsoft’s representatives mentioned their support for Australia’s plans about the so called News Media Bargaining Code. This comes after Google mentioned…
Google’s reasons to show ads all the time when we are online seems to be stronger than ever. Alphabet, Google parent company announced record revenues for the second quarter since the pandemic started. The amount is as large as $56.9bn, out of which $46bn came from its…
